ASIAN GODFATHERS: MONEY AND POWER IN HONG KONG AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA
by STUDWELL, JOE
List Price: HK$ 220.00
ˇ@ISBN
9781861977014
ˇ@Subject
CURRENT AFFAIRS
ˇ@Publisher
PROFILE BOOKS LTD
ˇ@Publication
2007
ˇ@Edition
Paperback
ˇ@Version
Original
ˇ@Description
The economies of Hong Kong and south-east Asia are dominated by only forty or fifty families. Their interests range from banking to property, from shipping to sugar, from gambling to lumber. At their peak, eight of the worldˇ¦s two dozen richest families were south-east Asian, yet they are largely unknown outside the region. A complex mythology surrounds them, one which informs Asian views on culture, entrepreneurialism and economics. In this explosive account, Joe Studwell finds that the facts are even more remarkable than the myths, as he lifts the lid on a world of hypocrisy, power and enormous wealth.
